Sunday 24th May 2026

Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now and then, I’ll be confronted...

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

Migrant deaths should not be used as political capital

Amaka Opara argues that the accusations levelled at David Cameron by Ed Miliband were unacceptable

Oxford West and Abingdon: a key marginal?

Luke Barratt discusses whether Oxford West and Abingdon is as close as the candidates claim and gives a in-depth profile of the candidates running

A retort to ‘Sex, Drugs, and Taboo’

Will Brown criticises Millie McLuskie's article on prostitution in the Netherlands.

The West’s anti-Russia media campaign

Eliza Melkonyan on bias against Russia in the UK media

Interview: Jonathan Powell

Tom Carter talks politics and diplomacy with Jonathan Powell, Blair’s No. 10 Chief of Staff

Debate: Does the Boat Race reflect badly on Oxford?

Hannah Foxton and Ruth Hayhow debate what kind of image of Oxford the boat race projects

John Thornhill on politics at the Financial Times

Harry Gosling discusses the General Election and more with the FT’s Deputy Editor

The Conservatives and dubious economic narratives

Luke Ames Blackaby examines the Tories’ claim that austerity was the right course for the economy

Late to the party: becoming LGBTQ rep at St Hugh’s

George Haggett discusses supporting the LGBTQ community and the aftermath of the 'Queer Bop'

Not Right to Buy

Daniel Minister argues that the Conservative's pledge to extend the 'Right to Buy' scheme will only exacerbate the current housing crisis

Jihad: till death do us part

Amaka Opara considers the motivations of the women who have left the West in recent years to live in the warzone that is the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

The evil and lies of the right-wing tabloid press

Luke Ames Blackaby criticises attempts to portray sexual abuse as indicative of certain cultures and ethnicities

The right answer, the wrong question

Omar Rana on the gridlocked political debate between Labour and the Conservatives

Milking it: why dairy production matters

Freddie Hopkinson explores the effect of the abolition of EU dairy quotas - will the UK be caught out?

The Sound and the Fury

Jack Hampton gives a first-hand account of the EDL march in Oxford over the Easter weekend

Sex, Drugs, and Taboo

Millie McLuskie questions the legality of prostitution and drugs after her trip to Amsterdam.

Nip Slip

Alice Townson on the highs and lows of liberating the nipple.

The Greek bailout: following the money

As the deadline for Greece's debt repayment approaches, Stephanie Stafford asks where the money went

Seven spivs a’ spinning

Hannah Foxton asks whether last night's leaders' debate was a game-changer or channel-changer

The paradox of a boringly exciting election

Harry Gosling argues that we should ignore this election’s false pretence of tedium and embrace its more interesting aspects

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